Autoregressive modeling has traditionally been concerned with time-series data from one
unit (N= 1). For short time series (T< 50), estimation performance problems are well studied …

Incidents happening in the blast furnace will strongly affect the stability and smoothness of
the iron-making process. Thus far, diagnosis of abnormalities in furnaces still mainly relies …

Purpose: To provide a method for determining the vector that, when added to the
preoperative astigmatism, results in no prediction error (PE) and to specify statistical …

Nowadays the heart can be considered as a psycho-neuro-endocrine-immunitary structure
that constantly interacts with other organs through a dynamic dialogue made of …

The additive main effects and multiplicative interaction (AMMI) and the genotype main
effects and genotype x environment interaction (GGE) models stand out among the linear …

Cement-fly ash-gravel (CFG) piles comprise one of the novel ground-improvement methods.
They are attracting considerable attention, as their beneficial role in accessible soft …

Evaluating the pressure-settlement response of a composite foundation at a specific site is
important for supporting the safety of superstructures in the design process to determine the …

CFG 桩(cement-fly ash-gravel pile) 复合地基是一种重要的地基处理形式, 在日益增加的大面积
住宅和商业开发中作用越来越突出, 然而该种桩型的加卸荷-沉降变形特性仍然需深入研究 …

Cultural fit is often neglected in (quantitative) research in (higher) education. However, there
is a need to reintegrate questions of cultural fit–especially when the diversity of the student …

This thesis contains applications of (non-) parametric statistical methods (and the
development of such techniques) with a focus on applications to three distinct topics: 1) …